I was wearing jeans and a tee shirt, standing outside school after a short day. The sun was shining from a cloudless sky. I looked around wondering what time of the year it would be in Denmark, if the weather was similar. Probably early June on a good day. This is not a memory from the beginning of the year. No, it was today, January 10th. It will soon be warm enough to start going to the beach again. Sam and I are going to put our swimsuits in the trunk. Just in case we have time some day and the weather is good.
I must admit, that it was cold a week ago. For four days there was frost on the car in the morning when Sam and I were going to school. Julien and I joke about, that that was the winter we’ll get to experience this year. I know for sure by now, that I am not going to see snow this year. I am not going skiing either. But hey, I will be in Hawaii while my parents are skiing in Denmark!
I must admit, that it was cold a week ago. For four days there was frost on the car in the morning when Sam and I were going to school. Julien and I joke about, that that was the winter we’ll get to experience this year. I know for sure by now, that I am not going to see snow this year. I am not going skiing either. But hey, I will be in Hawaii while my parents are skiing in Denmark!
Celebrating Christmas in Virginia with my family was absolutely fantastic. We went to Buschgardens (an amusement park), which was so much fun. Even though the place was packed with people, then lines for the rides weren’t very long at all. The lines for seeing Santa Claus and penguins were 45 minutes each, so we skipped that.
Here in United States Christmas is celebrated December 25th in the morning. Our day began already at 6:00 am and was filled with family dinners, gift unwrapping and many memorable memories. I can not think of a more perfect Christmas here. I am now looking forward to Friday, where Maw-Maw will be coming to St. Augustine to watch us kids while Mom and Dad are out of town.
Here in United States Christmas is celebrated December 25th in the morning. Our day began already at 6:00 am and was filled with family dinners, gift unwrapping and many memorable memories. I can not think of a more perfect Christmas here. I am now looking forward to Friday, where Maw-Maw will be coming to St. Augustine to watch us kids while Mom and Dad are out of town.
New Years Day I found myself sleeping for 15 hours straight. Leading up to that were three parties/sleepovers. Why do they call it a sleepover? You don’t really sleep. I really enjoyed meeting some of the outbounds of next year at the first party. A wonderful year is ahead of them – can’t help thinking back to when I was standing in the same situation a year ago. Krista (outbound going to Denmark next year), Andrea (girl from Denmark) and I got the chance to talk about Denmark for a long time – and where it was best to live, since Andrea was from Copenhagen. :p
Two days later Sam and I had a sleepover for all the inbounds from 6970. We went to the pool ignoring that it was the 30th of December. We were maybe a little bit too optimistic with the weather – it soon turned too cold and we went home to get good Schnitzels made by Martin. Aly, Jignesh, Max and Martin stayed the night. We were after Saw 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction, and only 2 hours of sleep ready the next party: New Years Eve, which was for all the inbounds + Sam. ;) Since it was with Rotary, we had a service project at the Ronald McDonald House where we performed to cheer some people up. J We spent the last 2 hours of 2011 in the hot tub waiting for the fireworks. Lovely end of an absolutely fantastic year!
Two days later Sam and I had a sleepover for all the inbounds from 6970. We went to the pool ignoring that it was the 30th of December. We were maybe a little bit too optimistic with the weather – it soon turned too cold and we went home to get good Schnitzels made by Martin. Aly, Jignesh, Max and Martin stayed the night. We were after Saw 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction, and only 2 hours of sleep ready the next party: New Years Eve, which was for all the inbounds + Sam. ;) Since it was with Rotary, we had a service project at the Ronald McDonald House where we performed to cheer some people up. J We spent the last 2 hours of 2011 in the hot tub waiting for the fireworks. Lovely end of an absolutely fantastic year!
I am right now in the middle of the exams ending the first semester at St. Augustine High. It is unbelievable that I am always halfway through my school year here. Unfortunately that also means that I am always halfway through my year, which is a really scary thought. I do my best to ignore that fact and just live in the moment.
The spring is going to be very eventful for me:
- · Tennis is starting the January 18th – 2 hours every weekday. Since I got here I have only played a couple of times with either my Dad or Julien. It is going to be nice to get back into shape (if I’ve ever been in shape??) and play more again.
- · January 22nd is the day when I will be moving family and staying with the Mortons. My feelings can be compared to when I left Denmark: It will be hard to say goodbye to a fantastic family, but so exciting knowing that many fantastic experiences with new people are waiting. J
- · The Keys with all the other exchange students. J
- · I just bought a flight ticket with Julien. JAX àHNL. Going to Hawaii! Do I have to say more? :p
